rock formation

[alex wittman]

dear bachmann,
I just want to know how to make and place rocks on my layout i am building.
can you help please.

[the Bach-man]

Dear Alex,
On the display layout I built, I used Hydrocal and rock molds from Woodland Scenics. It's really easy to mix the hydrocal, and it dries in the mold very quickly. When the rocks harden, I glued them on the basic scene with DAP. Go to their website to see step by step instructions, and check out the photo gallery.
Have fun!
the Bach-man

[alex wittman]

thanks bachmann. u too and i am glad u made those thomas and friends models. love em'

[Bill Baker]

Alex,
I, too, used the method the Bach-man suggested.  I bought two Woodland Scenics rock molds which have 4 to 5 different molds in each piece.  I made about a dozen different rocks using plaster of paris and turned some upside down when I was applying them to my layout.  It gives a long continous strata of rock without seeing the same rocks repeated. It just takes a little shaving and sanding to join all of them together.